In the case of Stalinism people actually distorted science because it was for the good of the Communist Party.
Early on I saw the repression and idolatry of Stalinism and when it cracked I was open to religion again.
Stalinism is linked with a cult of personality and massive violations of the law with repression and camps. There is nothing like that in Russia and I hope will never again be.
Language is wild - you can't fence it or tell it what to do - and it's the same with people. Even under the worst excesses of Stalinism or consumerism the human spirit will still express itself.
Perestroika is nothing more than refined Stalinism.
In Stalinism everybody was potentially a victim in a totally contingent way.
The nuclear age has refuted the idea of progress and Marxism has been refuted by Stalinism. Therefore people have returned to the historic religion.
Again it is belief without evidence. In the case of Stalinism people actually distorted science because it was for the good of the Communist Party.
The horror of Communism Stalinism is not that bad people do bad things -- they always do. It's that good people do horrible things thinking they are doing something great.
Quantum Mechanics: The dreams stuff is made of. Quick: try to think of a single movie about the horrors of Stalinism. This is not a failure of imagination. This is moral meltdown.